title: Standard reporting for medical apps.
abstract: Apps running on mobile devices are continually gaining importance, for medical professionals as well as for patients. When used appropriately, they can support their users, have the potential to increase efficiency and to lower costs. However, the information available for "medical apps" that are currently being distributed in the official mobile app stores of different mobile platforms often rather raises than answers questions regarding important aspects such as functionality, limits, data integrity, security and privacy. In this paper, we analyze the current situation, including a basic overview over current reporting and regulatory mechanisms and propose the use of an app-synopsis as step in direction of transparency.
authors.affiliation: Hannover Medical School, P.L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Urs-Vito
authors.initials: UV
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Von Jan
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pramann
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D016494:Computer Security; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D003219:Confidentiality; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*